"He'll be back [Thursday] afternoon," Hughes says. "Alert the interns!"

Interns, consider yourselves alerted.

If you aren't too starstruck by Tucci, he does have a serious message for Congress that the arts are "a necessity and not a luxury," according to his prepared testimony.

"It is true art cannot always be 'good,' but it can be and is good for us," he continues. "As history shows us, the arts not only help define who we are as a people but they are one of the deciding factors that clarify the distinction between a society and a great nation."